6 Ups And 1 Down From NXT Halloween Havoc (28 Oct)
NXT returns to WCW's old haunt as Io Shirai defends her Women's Championship.
We're not getting a Halloween this year. Not a proper one, anyway.
Thanks to the ongoing global disagreement between humanity and bacteria, all the hottest and noisiest events are firmly in the bin. Sure, you can have your Christmas dinner on a zoom call, but nobody in their right mind is whacking the laptop on to try and recreate getting pints spilled all over you in a sweaty nightclub while dressed as Dracula. Don't get me wrong, I'll probably still try, but it won't work.
Thankfully though WWE's extensive back catalogue of intellectual property means that no season will ever pass by unexploited, and this time it was the turn of Halloween Havoc to fill that big WCW-shaped hole in your life. An event that has been in the top 3 of every single list this site has ever published on the subject of gimmicks due a revival, here it was live on the USA Network for the TV audience to enjoy.
The build felt too short for a TakeOver feel, and the card definitely didn't have the scope to work as a payoff to the show at large, but in two title matches, a bit of a grudge, and the House! Of! Terror! Match! there was enough to get your proverbial teeth into. Oh, and Shotzi Blackheart was here to wind up your dad by enjoying spinning a big wheel. Avanti!